2007-11-23 03:16:44 · 41 answers · asked by Adamantium 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, it is not. The ONLY celebration that Christians are commanded to observe, according to the Bible, is Jesus' death.....NOT his birth. In fact, Jesus' exact birth date is not even given in the Bible, which furthers the point that it is not necessary and not proper to celebrate it. If one looks over the Bible, there are only 2 instances of birthday celebrations mentioned.....and in both cases, the one celebrating was not a worshiper of God AND they had someone murdered (the second instance being the murder of God's own prophet, John the Baptizer).
The origins and backgrounds of the Christmas celebration are steeped in pagan, false religious traditions and practices.....and thus Christmas is not something acceptable to God. People will give the excuse that they're just trying to remember and honor their Lord, however the Bible also counsels us to not go beyond the things that are written. If birthday celebrations were acceptable, God would have told us so through his Word, the Bible, and certainly if Jesus' birth was meant to be celebrated, don't you think we'd have been given the exact date? And don't you think we'd be given the example of the Christians in the first century having celebrated it? And yet we have neither.
It is not proper for Christians to celebrate Christmas.
2007-11-23 03:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by X 7 · 10⤊ 4⤋
The origins and backgrounds of the Christmas celebration are steeped in pagan, false religious traditions and practices.....and thus Christmas is not something acceptable to God. People will give the excuse that they're just trying to remember and honor their Lord, however the Bible also counsels us to not go beyond the things that are written. If birthday celebrations were acceptable, God would have told us so through his Word, the Bible, and certainly if Jesus' birth was meant to be celebrated, don't you think we'd have been given the exact date? And don't you think we'd be given the example of the Christians in the first century having celebrated it? And yet we have neither.
2017-01-03 08:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by Jaelyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
M'Clintock and Strong's Cyclopedia says: 'The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it os New Testament origin. The day of Christ's birth cannot be ascertained from the New Testament, or, indeed from any other source.' The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: ' The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, whenthe days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the 're-birth' of the sun. The roman Saturnalia(a festival dedicated to saturn, the god of agriculture, and to renewed power of the sun) also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.' The new Catholic Encyclopedia ackowledges that the daye of Christ's birth is not known. The gospels indicate neither the day nor the month. Depending on where they live, Children are told that gifts are brought be Santa Claus, father Christmas, St.Nicholas, and so on. None of these stories are actually true. Does the telling of such stories build in children a respect for truth, and does such practice honor Jesus Christ, who taught that God must be worshipped with truth? (John 4:23,24)
2007-11-23 03:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by OverTheRainbow 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Jesus grew to become into no longer born on Dec 25. that's been especially thoroughly shown, because of the fact the shepherds don't have a tendency their flocks out in the fields of Israel in December. The occasion grew to become into coopted from the pagans for Christmas because of the fact the yuletide occasion grew to become into considered as a time of rebirth and new desire. that's Biblically based basically because of the fact the Christians stole it and rewrote the meaning at the back of the holiday to in shape their e book.
2016-11-12 11:39:49 · answer #4 · answered by feiss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is NOT birth time of Jesus, nor of Christ.
Christmas is NOT the nicest time of the year, but the worst.
There were NOT 3 magi, but 3 gifts from Babylonian Jews.
Wise men did NOT visit a babe, in a manger, at Bethlehem.
Shepherds DON'T abide flocks in the field at night at Xmas.
Xmas Tree is NOT Godly, but vain (Babylon) custom (Jer10).
King of the Jews (Law) is NOT The King of Kings (Grace).
2007-11-23 03:27:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Most people will say no, and sometimes I would have to agree. Christmas has become so commercialized that it is more about the presents rather than a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It is actually based upon pagan traditions and Christian leaders took it over so to speak. But for many Christians, no matter what in the past has brought it to now, they celebrate it with sincerity and guineness... the birth of their Saviour.
2007-11-23 03:33:19 · answer #6 · answered by BookButterfly 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
No, It was a Pagan holiday and Constantine decided to set the date for the birth of Jesus at that same time. The Bible describes his bithday as sometime in the summer or early fall (shepards were tending their flocks)
2007-11-23 03:32:45 · answer #7 · answered by ruriksson 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No. Christmas as we know it is largely based on Pagan rituals, such as decorating a tree, celebrating at around the same time as Yule, and hanging mistletoe. Christmas is barely based upon the Bible at all.
2007-11-23 03:21:53 · answer #8 · answered by Hannah 2 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Its based on an early attempt by the Christian church to convert pagans by taking their winter festival and changing the name. Saturnalia is where the Dec 25th holiday came from.
2007-11-23 03:31:19 · answer #9 · answered by J K 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Anyone WHO claims to be a serious student of the bible know......that the answer is NO!
2007-11-23 08:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by sugarbee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋